Seiji Matano

Acting

Seiji Matano

Born — Died

1960-11-25 — 2004-03-23

Place of birth

Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

34 titles

Known for

The Files of the Young Kindaichi poster
7.6

A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

1995

D×D: Dangerous Angel × Death Hunter poster
5.0

After a botched robbery at the Kurokawa Financial Company leaves security guard Satoru Aizawa (Nagase Tomoya) fatally wounded, a freak lightning strike pulls him back from the brink of death, leaving him with the unwanted ability to see the dead. While hunting for the truth behind the heist that claimed his best friend's life, he crosses paths with Toranosuke Kihara (Okada Junichi), a cynical freelance detective who shares his strange gift. The two former strangers form an unlikely partnership, navigating the Tokyo underworld to settle scores for the living and find peace for the restless spirits left in the wake of the city's crimes.

D×D: Dangerous Angel × Death Hunter

1997

Roar At The Sun! poster
9.0

The detectives of Nana-magari station investigate a wide variety of crimes in 70s Japan, ranging from the mundane to the absolutely bizarre.

Roar At The Sun!

1972

Beppin Town poster
9.5

An amateur op (detective) with a career as a former legal instructor . From the search for a runaway daughter requested by Akiko "Beppin" to the murder case. A mystery drawn with a hard-boiled touch set in Kobe (some locations in Ashiya and Yokohama ). The scenery of Kobe before the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake is included in various background scenes, and you can see the buildings and scenery that can not be seen now.

Beppin Town

1989

Crime Hunter 3: Killing Bullet poster
6.0

Joe reunites with his ex-lover Serika, unbeknownst that she is the mistress and pawn of Mexican-Japanese crime lord Nicol. Joe’s superiors see Serika as a suspect and a member of Nicol’s gang, so when she disappears, Joe must recruit outside help to get her back. Here a sympathetic female colleague named Sunny and a tearaway member of Nicol’s gang aid him in his search.

Crime Hunter 3: Killing Bullet

1990

Korogashi Ryota - The Monster Bus poster
9.0

Riki Takeuchi stars as the likeable but obnoxious punk bus driver who comes to the aid of a beautiful woman in possession of stolen diamonds. She's being pursued by the man she ripped off and he drives a huge armored bus.. Based on the manga by Hiroyuki Murata.

Korogashi Ryota - The Monster Bus

1988

Film credits

2000s · 5 titles

1990s · 18 titles

Crime Hunter 3: Killing Bullet poster
6.0

Joe reunites with his ex-lover Serika, unbeknownst that she is the mistress and pawn of Mexican-Japanese crime lord Nicol. Joe’s superiors see Serika as a suspect and a member of Nicol’s gang, so when she disappears, Joe must recruit outside help to get her back. Here a sympathetic female colleague named Sunny and a tearaway member of Nicol’s gang aid him in his search.

Crime Hunter 3: Killing Bullet

1990

Siren the Ghost Story poster
6.0

Minayo plays the legendary "Siren," a ghost who lives forever by sucking men's life force. She skillfully seduces men using her body as bait, and those who fall prey to her turn into mummified corpses.

Siren the Ghost Story

1993

Burning Dog poster
7.0

A gang of thieves plot to rob a US military base in Okinawa, but rising tensions in the group threaten to put the plan in jeopardy.

Burning Dog

1991

Sunny Gets Blue poster
6.0

Rubber Jack, a Big Apple-based Japanese thief in debt to mobsters, robs a convenience store and winds up with money from a major bank heist. With the help of bartender Cash, a mercenary buddy who first betrays him and then saves his neck, he tracks the source of the bills to Key West, Florida, and the two head south in search of a mysterious woman named Sunny. Meanwhile the mob has caught the whiff of a $2 million payday and is hot on their trail.

Sunny Gets Blue

1991

Tokugawa Ieyasu's Secret Treasure poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's Secret Treasure

1992

KISS ME poster
NR

A hard-boiled touch love story that depicts the momentary love between a hitman and a woman who had a dangerous escape together.

KISS ME

1996

Gun Breath A Perfect Night to Die poster
NR

Ultimate Gun Action!

Gun Breath A Perfect Night to Die

1998

Police Sukesaburoh-Tamagane 2 poster
NR

Kabuki, a detective in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, and his partner, Kabuki, a T-back detective with a lot of sensuality, are chasing a pachinko chain sales of 120 million yen. Hoshi is a vicious group led by female boss Lena. I got both money and Lena, and it was a lewd guts bare ball, but Lena was a very bad woman who devours sex and blood ....

Police Sukesaburoh-Tamagane 2

1994

My Santa Boy poster
NR

This suave lad triple books himself for christmas dates.

My Santa Boy

1992

日本暴力地帯 三 poster
NR

Kiyotsugu Kito, a dark punisher, has set foot in a port town where the Kanekura-kai and Iwasa-gumi, who are directly attending the Owada group, are competing against each other. It is not possible to pass the world without justice ... The blade of the purge of Kiyotsugu Kito, the judge of modern times, cuts off evil!

日本暴力地帯 三

1998

The Great Clash poster
NR

Drug enforcers, the G-Men, bravely fight against the world's largest drug organization known as the Kataoka Route. Lust, betrayal and excitement follow!

The Great Clash

1993

Evil Emblem poster
NR

Aida, a daredevil detective who isn't afraid of power or challenges. The great evil has begun investigating a major corruption case involving a leading trade company and the nation.

Evil Emblem

1990

Police Sukesaburoh-Tamagane poster
5.0

Thong-obsessed detective, Sukesaburo Tamaki, becomes embroiled in a 700-million-yen money transport heist. Alongside his rookie partner, he pursues a ruthless killer and uncovers a dangerous criminal network operating in Shinjuku’s underworld.

Police Sukesaburoh-Tamagane

1994

Violent Island: Dirty Money Hijack poster
NR

In the scorching heat of Okinawa, former lovers meet. Now, he is a gangster on a mission, she is a window trying to protect what is hers. Together, they get caught in the crossfire.

Violent Island: Dirty Money Hijack

1992

48 Hours of Prisoner Op Tracking poster
NR

Dirty Hero Takuro Kanzaki appears in a life and death murder game!

48 Hours of Prisoner Op Tracking

1991

The Tusk of Evil poster
NR

Arms export organization Vs murder detective from the middle East!

The Tusk of Evil

1991

King's Playing With Fire poster
NR

A former detective stands up and gets revenge for his murdered wife!

King's Playing With Fire

1991

Detective Marugoshi poster
6.0

One day, the brutally murdered body of his colleague, Detective Utsumi, was discovered. Maruyoshi immediately visits Xu Fang, the Taiwanese hostess Utsumi had been seeing, but finds himself in the crosshairs of a mysterious gun… A few days later, Utsumi’s police ID was found at a murder scene. Xu Fang had manipulated Utsumi into plotting to steal a large quantity of methamphetamine from the Jaō-kai. Furthermore, there is Zhang, a serial killer who pulls the strings behind the scenes, manipulating Xu Fang whilst being pursued by the mafia in his home country. Betrayal begets further betrayal, and as the search for the missing methamphetamine unfolds, a complex web of conflicting interests and power struggles unfolds.

Detective Marugoshi

1993

1980s · 6 titles

Beppin Town poster
9.5

An amateur op (detective) with a career as a former legal instructor . From the search for a runaway daughter requested by Akiko "Beppin" to the murder case. A mystery drawn with a hard-boiled touch set in Kobe (some locations in Ashiya and Yokohama ). The scenery of Kobe before the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake is included in various background scenes, and you can see the buildings and scenery that can not be seen now.

Beppin Town

1989

Korogashi Ryota - The Monster Bus poster
9.0

Riki Takeuchi stars as the likeable but obnoxious punk bus driver who comes to the aid of a beautiful woman in possession of stolen diamonds. She's being pursued by the man she ripped off and he drives a huge armored bus.. Based on the manga by Hiroyuki Murata.

Korogashi Ryota - The Monster Bus

1988

Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage poster
7.6

After his partner Ahiru is gunned down in the process of arresting criminal Bruce Sawamura, cop Joe "Joker" Kawamura goes rogue and tries to get revenge. Since Bruce's last coup was stealing 5 million dollars in donations from a church, he is joined in his quest by nun Lily.

Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage

1989

The Goodbye Girls poster
10.0

When 22-year-old Ikuko gets fired from her editing internship right before her college graduation instead of getting hired, she turns to her schoolteacher father for advice. Instead, he tells her, "I've decided to become a singer! Sort your own life out!" Confused, Ikuko gets on a boat to the town of Takarazuka, home of the musical industry, to see her classmate Mari. Mari introduces her to an accountant named Yoshie, and together the three of them move into a house they call "The Women's House: Die Fraulein".

The Goodbye Girls

1987

Crime Hunter 2 - Bullets of Betrayal poster
6.0

Detective Joker from Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, USA is dispatched after receiving 211 calls from the police station.

Crime Hunter 2 - Bullets of Betrayal

1989

Yume Camera 2 poster
NR

Second part of the Fujiko Fujio omnibus TV drama special production.

Yume Camera 2

1987

Series credits